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‘Zombie’ property irks Howard Beach block PAGE 5 An abandoned property at 164-29 92 St. has been deteriorating for years, according to a resident who lives next door. The bank servicing the loan on the property says it’s working to make repairs to it and that attempts to sell it have been blocked by the owner of the loan, Freddie Mac.

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After earthquake, Nepalese aid home As death toll grows past 5K, Queens community finds strength in numbers

by Cristina Schreil Associate Editor

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ays after earthquakes rocked Nepal last Saturday, with the largest measuring a magnitude of 7.9 and turning buildings into rubble, killing thousands and forcing many to take refuge outdoors, Queens community groups have rallied to send aid to their mountainous homeland.

Queens, which has a community of Nepal natives living in Jackson Heights, Woodside, Sunnyside and Ridgewood estimated in the thousands, is home to several Nepalese community groups that have raised thousands of dollars since news of the quake broke Saturday around 1 a.m.

New York time.

Diversity Plaza in Jackson Heights was packed Sunday evening with those commemorating what is now estimated to be the more than 5,000 lives lost in the disaster, which sent shockwaves through the country’s capital, Kathmandu, and left many in remote villages blocked from receiving supplies.

Sunday’s vigil, which attracted hundreds and included dozens of candles spelling out “Pray for Nepal,” was organized by several community groups, including Adhikaar, a Woodside-based nonprofit aiding Nepalispeaking immigrants.

Luna Ranjit, the executive director of the

Hundreds gathered in Jackson Heights’ Diversity Plaza Sunday evening to honor and raise money for the victims of the earthquakes in Nepal, which first struck Saturday morning New York time.

PHOTO BY CRISTINA SCHREIL Event organizers said they raised thousands of dollars that night. nonprofit, said Tuesday that the event raised more than $30,000. She added community leaders are pulling together a list of nonmonetary requests.

“It’s been a shock,” she said, later adding

that although many Nepalese citizens knew such an earthquake was due to come, “the country was not well-prepared.”

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Shailesh Strestha, a Nepal native who produces a YouTube show for the city’s Nepali residents, said people in the community are trying to collect as many donations as possible.

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Strestha, a Bronx resident, added that many Nepal nationals feel the urge to jump on a plane and help on the ground, saying the victims need “materials and experts.”

And while many countries near Nepal, such as India and Pakistan, have helped, he said some don’t think the Nepal government acted quickly enough.

“This is the time to stay together, get connected,” Strestha said. “That kind of solidarity is needed, not frustration and anger at this time.”

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Abandoned Howard Beach house empty for years, resident says

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Howard Beach resident Isaac Maya has had to look at the abandoned, dilapidated house next to his just sit there for more than five years.

“It’s just getting worse and worse,” Maya said. “I don’t see anything going on there.”

A for-sale sign is up in front of the house, located at 164-29 92 St., but according to Maya, nobody but possums and a few trespassers have entered the property in years.

“Who knows what the heck is going on in there,” he exclaimed.

The longtime Howard Beach resident said his security cameras have captured footage of people not from the neighborhood entering the back of the property.

The interior of the house is gutted. Looking inside it, it’s hard to tell if there are stairs leading up to the second floor.

The siding is slowly peeling off the house and weeks-old newspapers are left sitting in the front of it.

A notice has been placed on the front door stating that some of the locks to the property may have been changed.

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This Howard Beach house, located at 164-29 92 St., has been abandoned for years and its siding is slowly peeling off. A spokesman for the bank that services the property’s loan says it’s working PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY on having it repaired. led a Queens Chronicle reporter to a Wells Fargo hotline.

A spokesman for the bank said in an email that it is the “servicer on the loan” and

that Freddie Mac, a government-sponsored firm, is “the investor and actual owner of the loan.”

“There have been efforts to sell the prop-

erty ‘as is’ via short sale, but the previous offers were declined by Freddie Mac,” the spokesman added.

The spokesman added that Wells Fargo is working with Freddie Mac to obtain approval to conduct repairs to the siding of the house.

“Once we receive Freddie Mac’s approval we will be able to move forward with the repairs,” the spokesman said.

According to Maya, the previous owner of the house died in 2004.

It was then bought by a resident on the same block. Public records state that Frank Morea, who lives just a few houses down from the property, is now the person responsible for the upkeep of the property.

Morea could not be reached for comment on this story.

Maya said the previous owner had four siblings who did not want to buy the house after their sister’s death.

Plans to have the house renovated fell through after the housing market crashed in 2008, according to Maya.

State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) said his office has been working on continued on page 15

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‘Zombie’ house haunts neighbors

Analyst urges civic to attend workshop Jamaica Bay bike path on agenda; crime, water also addressed at civic

by Steve Geffon Chronicle Contributor

Sanjay Seth, standing, a research analyst for the Jamaica Bay Greenway project, discusses the proposed improvements to the path at the Howard Beach-Lindenwood Civic Association meeting on Tuesday. Seth urged the PHOTO BY STEVE GEFFON civic to attend an upcoming workshop on it. fare-beating, drinking on the street and public urination.

But Ulrich said the NYPD’s broken windows policy has been very effective.

“A lot of these quality of life crimes lead police to identify individuals who perhaps have outstanding warrants, or are involved in committing other crimes,” he said.

“Broken windows theory works,

it’s effective ... and I think that the Council should not be focusing on telling the police how to do their jobs,” the councilman added.

Ulrich, the only Republican lawmaker in Queens, said he would vote against it.

Ulrich said that he is also against the proposed 3.25 percent water rate increase.

“I think that that’s a mistake,

that’s not something that we ought to be doing,” he said.

The councilman also announced that he would be holding his second annual Veterans Job Fair on May 22 at Resorts World in Ozone Park.

He said there will be 50 to 100 companies there that have committed to hiring veterans.

“And yes, people do leave (the job fair) with jobs,” Ulrich said. Q

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Sanjay Seth, a research analyst for the Jamaica Bay Greenway project, discussed proposed plans for improvements to the path at the Howard Beach-Lindenwood Civic Association meeting on Tuesday.

The Jamaica Bay Greenway is a proposed 28-mile loop around the South Queens bay that would go through Brooklyn and Queens and provide recreational activities, views of the bay and access to the natural landscape of the waterfront.

About 10 miles of the path have already been built.

The greenway ser ves about 100,000 New Yorkers and is a connection to more than 10,000 acres of federal, state and city parkland, officials say.

Seth told the attendees that on May 13 a meeting will be held at the Old Mill Yacht Club, located at 16315 Cross Bay Blvd. in Howard Beach, at 6:30 p.m., during which the city Department of Transportation will discuss the plans and seek community input on how to finish the project.

Seth said that this is a highly

important meeting, “because this is the last chance you are going to have before the final implementation plan is made.”

“Anything that we decide on at this meeting will actually be built,” he added.

In other news, Deputy Inspector Jeffrey Schiff, commanding officer of the 106th Precinct, said that though robberies in the area are up, police have made arrests of the alleged perpetrators in 72 percent of the cases.

He told the audience that Howard Beach and Lindenwood have not had a robbery in the past 28 days.

He said that many of the burglaries that occur in Howard Beach are of commercial establishments on Cross Bay Boulevard.

Cou ncilman Er ic U lr ich (R-Ozone Park) advised the attendees of new police legislation that has been introduced in the Council.

The proposed legislation, Ulrich said, would address the broken windows theory of policing — which can include arresting people for minor offenses — and decriminalizing those offenses, such as

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Hamilton Beach: Turn the lights on!

Residents want new boardwalk path to be illuminated at night

by Anthony Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Reilly Associate Editor

The Hamilton Beach boardwalk is dark tonight â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and every night, according to some residents.

Residents of the Howard Beach neighborhood are calling on the city to illuminate the path, which leads from the Howard Beach-JFK Airport A train stop to the area homes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To me, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a no-brainer; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a safety issue,â&#x20AC;? said Roger Gendron, president of the New Hamilton Beach Civic Association. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Most people wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t walk down a dark alley if thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lit alley. If it was lit, it could be used 24 hours a day.â&#x20AC;?

The issue was brought up at the civic associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meeting last Thursday.

Sal Simonetti, chief of staff for Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park), told the Queens Chronicle the next day that the Department of Transportation told him it would look into the possibility of illuminating the 2,000-foot path.

When asked if the DOT has plans to illuminate the path, a spokesman for the agency said in an email, â&#x20AC;&#x153;This boardwalk at that location is very narrow (less than 5 feet), and fenced on both sides. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re researching if this is within DOTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s jurisdiction.â&#x20AC;?

Gendron said the path is pitch-dark at night, and poses a threat to those utilizing it in the late hours. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is no ambient light there at all from the airport or anything,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Plus, you never know who lurks in the shadows.â&#x20AC;?

The civic president suggested using

solar energy to illuminate the path. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This way, not only is it useful but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also green,â&#x20AC;? he said.

The boardwalk was in disrepair for several years, but was rendered completely unusable after Superstorm Sandy.

The cement path reopened late last year and now has a fence, which stops people from falling into the canal beside it.

Before Sandy struck, it was made of wood.

The repairs to it were stalled due to a bureaucratic struggle between city agencies that refused to take ownership of the path, until the Department of Citywide Administrative Services agreed to accept the responsibility.

But Hamilton Beach residents have already run into problems with it.

Mounds of snow remained on the boardwalk until mid-February, after many snowstorms had already hit the area, and the end of the path that leads to the train station still lacks a ramp â&#x20AC;&#x201D; making it difficult for those with accessibility issues to utilize it.

Gendron said he is frustrated not at how long it takes city agencies to do the repairs, but how long it takes them to star t a project. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just taking so long to get started,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Some of that frustration, he added, is reduced by the fact that the project is done. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At least the boardwalk is usable,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be a little more frustrated if that wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the case.â&#x20AC;?

Gendron added that the city is developing a strategy to clear the path of snow Q when it comes down again.

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Queens leader addresses parks, Sandy at Hamilton Beach civic meet

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

In the year and a half since Borough President Melinda Katz last visited the New Hamilton Beach Civic Association, Queens has seen vast improvements in economic development and Sandy recovery projects — a trend the politician is looking to continue through the next few years.

“We are open for business and investment,” Katz said at the civic’s meeting last Thursday.

The borough’s top elected official visited the organization for the first time since October 2013, a month before she was elected to her position.

She said that when she came into the job, the area was still struggling to recover from Sandy, which did great harm to Hamilton Beach — a hamlet located in Howard Beach.

“The neglect after what happened during Sandy was incredible,” Katz said of the city’s response to the storm. “It was just a mess.”

Katz, in an effort to help residents receive the assistance they needed, created the Hurricane Relief Task Force — a panel consisting of herself, other elected officials, city agencies, residents and civic leaders — to identify what needs to be done in certain parts of the borough.

“I think the Hurricane Task Force has had

some great effects,” Katz said. “Government works well when everybody is sitting at the table.”

Roger Gendron, the civic’s president, is a member of the task force.

Katz urged those gathered at the meeting to tell her office what assistance they need.

“We need everyone here to tell us what’s working and what’s not working,” she said.

The borough president also outlined another responsibility she has, and that’s to create economic development in the area.

“Making sure that people want to come here and invest here,” she said.

Katz touted Lonely Planet, an international travel guide, naming Queens the No. 1 destination in the country.

“The borough has really taken off,” she said.

She said, however, there are still issues that need to be resolved, primarily overcrowding in schools and a lack of public transit in some areas.

Katz said getting rid of trailers in public schools is something that is being worked on “boroughwide.”

Katz in February announced that PS 19 in Corona would soon have its trailers removed.

Hundreds of students there will attend another school until an extension can be built.

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“There’s so many transit deserts throughout the borough,” she said.

Katz said she was not convinced that the Department of Transportation’s $200 million plan to place a dedicated bus lane of Woodhaven Boulevard would achieve its goal of getting cars off the road, and urged those at the meeting to attend the agency’s upcoming workshops on the issue.

“I think it’s an important part of the process,” she said of the public giving input on the project.

She also blasted the plan called MoveNY, an initiative led by former New York City Tr a n s p o r t a t io n C o m m i s s io n e r S a m Schwartz, that would place tolls on the Queensborough, Manhattan, Williamsburg and Brooklyn bridges.

“I’m hoping it doesn’t have much hope,” she said.

Of SBS and the MoveNY plan, she said the initiatives have supporters who are not borough residents.

“These are people with agendas,” Katz said.

Responding to a question from a resident, Katz said she would look into whether she can provide funding to Hamilton Beach’s park, which is federal property.

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he more that comes out about the city’s plan to impose Select Bus Service on Woodhaven and Cross Bay boulevards, the more clear it becomes the scheme was cooked up by people who don’t give a damn about residents and businesses here.

Driven by ideology, the Department of Transportation is hellbent on making the Woodhaven-Cross Bay corridor a trophy in its cabinet of so-called progressive achievements, though the plan will not achieve its ends and will damage the quality of life of hundreds, maybe thousands, of people.

As Borough President Melinda Katz put it, those pushing the scheme are “people with agendas.”

The plan, which would stretch beyond Woodhaven and Cross Bay into Woodside and the Rockaways, is bizarre in several aspects. For one, as this page recently noted, it would remove one travel lane in each direction, yet proponents claim it will reduce congestion. That’s simply illogical.

Along with worsening traffic by eliminating travel lanes, it will cause additional crises all over the place. Take the elimination of left-hand turns onto Jamaica Avenue, for example. Instead of turning there, southbound drivers who want to go east will have to turn onto residential 86th Road

and then head toward the avenue, while northbounders who want to go west will have to turn onto 85th Road — and then what? Double back south on 90th Street past dozens of homes? Residents of the affected streets, whose quality of life will be severely harmed by the constant traffic, including large delivery trucks, might consider banding together and suing the city to stop the plan. With their children, pets and basic lifestyle all put at direct risk by the reckless DOT, they certainly would have standing in court. So would the Jamaica Avenue businesses near Woodhaven that will see fewer potential customers go by. And left turns will be banned at several other key intersections along the corridor.

Outside the Chronicle offices on Woodhaven Boulevard at 62nd Road, we’ll see more trouble play out. Parking here will be eliminated to accomodate a new service road-style travel lane that will run right along the curb at the corner.

No big deal for the newspaper office, but it sure will be for trucks making deliveries to the restaurant next door, and for the ambulettes picking up and dropping off elderly, often frail, patients at the medical office on the other side. Will the trucks and ambulettes park down the street or around the corner, or will they just block the lane? Maybe they’ll park

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Wrong on buses I Dear Editor: State Sen. Joseph Addabbo Jr. is right that Woodhaven–Cross Bay is a congested, dangerous thoroughfare. He is wrong, however, in saying that the DOT plan for Select Bus Service will make it worse (“SBS won’t help motorists on Woodhaven Boulevard,” Opinion, April 23, multiple editions).

By creating a separate bus lane and two lanes for traffic in each direction, the plan will eliminate traffic jam-inducing bottlenecks. The street redesign will in fact make Woodhaven Boulevard safer for pedestrians to cross. Along corridors throughout the city, SBS has made bus service more reliable, reduced traffic and made the streets safer for all — whether you are a pedestrian, bus rider or even a motorist.

Peter Beadle Rego Park Angela Stach Jackson Heights The writers are co-chairpersons of the Transportation Alternatives Queens Activist Committee.

Wrong on buses II Dear Editor: I must register my dismay with State. Sen. Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.’s opposition to Select Bus Service along Woodhaven-Cross Bay Boulevard. As the population of Queens continues to grow, the status quo of doing noth© Copyright 2015 by MARK I PUBLICATIONS, INC. All rights reserved.

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in the bus lane on the main roadway. Whatever they do, problems like these will come up all over the place.

It’s not likely public opposition can nix this plan, though we must try. The DOT’s attitude seems to be damn the torpedos, full speed ahead. All City Council members whose districts will suffer, Donovan Richards, Eric Ulrich, Elizabeth Crowley, Karen Koslowitz, Julissa Ferreras and Danny Dromm, support it, though some more openly than others.

So much for representing their constitutents. We encourage everyone to write and call them to try to change their minds.

Surely bus service can be improved without all the lane closures and turn bans this plan would entail. Unfortunately, the best answer to the corridor’s congestion is just not feasible: reopening the old Rockaway Beach rail line from Rego Park to Ozone Park and incorporating it into the subway system. That would truly get some cars off the road, and make commuting to the city much easier for residents of South Queens and the Rockaways, but the cost is just too prohibitive. Maybe it can happen one day, but no time soon.

Meanwhile the status quo — which certainly is not good — is better than the horror show the DOT plans to impose.

If you have any ideas on how to block it, please act on them.

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ing is unsustainable. I recognize that many of Sen. Addabbo’s constituents drive to work, because in his words, “they need to.” There are likely many more constituents who take public transportation because it saves them from the hassle of sitting in traffic, is better for the environment, and means not having to look for parking.

I take the bus and subway every day to work, and as the MTA’s operating expenses grow, the monthly MetroCard fare is taking a bigger chunk out of my salary. Likewise, my wife commutes to Long Island by train, which carries an even higher fare. Even if the monthly subway fare jumps to $134, I cannot imagine driving to my Manhattan office even if I had a placard that allows unlimited parking.

Yet the majority of elected officials in Queens remain adamant in their opposition to reviving the Rockaway railroad branch, installing SBS on primary thoroughfares and putting a toll on the Queensboro Bridge. Sen. Addabbo should not fear NIMBY opposition because if he were to take a poll, most Queens residents

want to see the expansion of our transportation network, and at this point, most of us probably wouldn’t mind paying $5.54 to cross the Queensboro Bridge for a weekend date on the town if it means an end to the annual subway and bus fare increases.

I urge Sen. Addabbo and his colleagues to reconsider.

Sergey Kadinsky Fresh Meadows

Plastic bags help many Dear Editor: With the proposal to begin charging grocery shoppers a fee for each plastic shopping bag distributed at stores in order to reduce their use, I thought it appropriate to voice my objections.

Plastic bags do not just wind up as litter flying in the street or getting stuck in trees as many legislators and media outlets would have you think. They actually aid physically challenged individuals who do grocery shopping and purchase items from a variety of other

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If man is still alive Dear Editor: Re Your April 23 article “Briarwood subway stop renamed” (multiple editions): So it took the bozos in Albany and the MTA only 14 years to change the name of the Briarwood subway station. Imagine how long it will take to get an elevator installed at the station, which is years overdue: 40 years, 140 years? Maybe, with credit to Zager and Evans, in the year 2525!

(You must know your songs from the 1960s to get this last reference!)

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Rezoning, too quickly Dear Editor: (An open letter to Robert Dobruskln, director of environmental assessment, Department of City Planning) Queens Community Board 9 has overwhelmingly voted to oppose the recently circulated “Zoning for Quality and Affordability” Scoplng Document. The below statement explains our opposition. We would normally wait until our next CB 9 meeting in May to discuss this very important Issue. But to comply with the current unreasonable April 30 deadline for public comment, we hurriedly prepared and circulated it to the entire CB 9 membership.

Opposition to Rezoning Scoping Document Community Board 9: • Overview: Queens Community Board 9 is extremely concerned about the recently proposed “Zoning for Quality and Affordability” Scoping Document (the proposal), which describes ways to “modernize” “outdated” zoning regulations. We are further dismayed by the extremely unreasonable deadline for public response to this document, which was recently extended, only after a great public outcry, from April 6th to April 30th.

The proposal is long and complex … . A proper evaluation of a proposal of this magnitude requires months, even years, of deliberation and consideration … . The announced deadline of April 30 is totally unrealistic.

• CB 9 Opposition: CB 9 represents Kew Gardens, North Ozone Park, Richmond Hill and Woodhaven, all residential areas, consisting largely of one- and two-family homes.

Our current zoning is not at all “outdated,” but is actually the result of painstaking efforts within the last 10 years by DCP and CB 9 … .

[N]othing close to the sweeping changes in the proposal is justifiable or necessary.

The proposal lacks specific plans to address the infrastr ucture required to suppor t increased density … . CB 9 already struggles with the consequences of increased density: overcrowded schools, inadequate police protection, clogged roadways, lack of parking, and other infrastruc ture inadequacies. The proposal recommends relaxing density restrictions even further … . The proposal’s failure to consider the infrastructure needs created by increased density will only worsen the existing problems and further endanger our residential community character.

• Summary: CB9 recommends that the City conduct a series of presentations to all continued on next page

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businesses. Having to rely on bringing reusable shopping bags to grocery stores would be cumbersome at best or become an additional obstacle to overcome for a physically challenged shopper. I don’t think it is appropriate for shoppers who rely on plastic bags that are extremely lightweight and provide a means of conveyance to be burdened with additional charges. The same goes for shoppers who are not physically challenged as well.

Speaking personally, I rely on plastic bags to carry items from the checkout counter to my car and from my car to my home with the added assist from a shopping cart. I often request the cashier to “please pack light for me” since I am physically unable to lift anything of weight. I therefore require more plastic bags than someone who does not have the physical challenges that I do.

I reuse them for lining wastebaskets at home and not until they are full do we dispose of them (I do understand the plastic bag is not recyclable and regrettably will become part of landfill). In addition, we use the plastic bags for other purposes including storage.

I therefore will make my voice heard as this proposal moves forward.

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continued from previous page 59 Community Boards and each of the 51 City Council Districts. These forums must include meaningful opportunities to hear and consider the concerns of community representatives.

No one denies the dire need for affordable housing in New York City. But this must not be achieved by over-stressing already-compromised residential neighborhoods that currently house what remains of NYC’s middle and working class. The proposed zoning changes would only intensify the “Tale of Two Cities” on which our mayor’s election campaign was based. The burden of providing affordable housing must be fairly shared by all segments … including developers, the real estate industry and the very wealthy.

April 27, 2015.

A proposal of this magnitude must not be forced on the city by bureaucratic fiat.

Ample time should be allotted for public review by all 59 community boards and all 51 City Council districts, to permit proper evaluation of how the proposal would impact their respective communities.

We urge you to take these concerns very seriously. We know they are shared by many other Queens communities.

Raj Rampershad, chairman Sylvia Hack, Land Use co-chairperson Sherman Kane, Land Use co-chairperson Community Board 9 Kew Gardens Editor’s note: The full text of the document is available from CB 9. See a different point of view, “The truth on Zoning for Quality and Affordability,” from City Planning Commission Chairman Carl Weisbrod in most print editions, or at qchron.com.

Of zoning and driving Dear Editor: If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem.

In recent weeks, this newspaper has reported on proposals planned to alleviate affordable housing shortages (relax parking requirements) and speed public transit (dedicated bus lanes.) These proposals have been met with vociferous opposition from civic organizations and individual home and car owners in suburban parts of Queens who believe that parking is necessary for affordable apartments in transit hubs and that dedicated bus lanes and more limited parking along major arterials threaten the survival of commercial strips and the flow of traffic.

For much of the 20th century in America, planning exclusively for the automobile reshaped our cities and suburban living flourished. New York, our densest city, is the only city in America where, even today, only a minority of households own a car.

The majority of New Yorkers are served by rapid transit and do their shopping and errands by foot or delivery; the minority who live beyond the reach of the subway system not only typically use automobiles exclusively, but may account for multiple vehicles — one for each adult in the household. In Queens, the home and car owners are higher-income folks who, for the most

part, would not only not qualify for affordable housing but would not want to live in the crowded transit hubs it is planned for.

The income ranges required for affordable housing generally make automobile ownership unaffordable.

So why are suburban folks against affordable housing without parking? Isn’t it enough that taxpayers contribute to subsidized housing; must they also contribute to subsidized parking? Most 20th-century public housing projects were served by the subway system yet, because they were part of a federally subsidized program, required subsidized parking. These subsidies are still in effect today. Low-income residents in the “projects” pay a fraction of market rate for parking. Affordable housing is a city initiative and need not subsidize parking for residents who can live without it.

Will suburban folks welcome affordable housing projects with parking into their lowdensity neighborhoods? Will those who travel exclusively by automobile support improved public transportation initiatives which, if implemented properly, may provide incentives to travel without a car and ease congestion in some transportation hubs and on some roads? Will automobile drivers in transit hubs who park on sidewalks, double park along bus routes, stand at bus stops, stand along arterials during rush hour bans, make illegal turns, and fail to yield to pedestrians in crosswalks reform their habits?

Jack Eichenbaum Queens Borough Historian Flushing

War’s real winners Dear Editor: The United States is fighting ISIS and al Qaeda and trying to keep Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, yet is involved in a proxy war in Yemen on the side of Iran.

The Muslim Brotherhood (Sunni) was briefly in charge of Egypt, until the military threw them out with the backing of Saudi Arabia. But now the Saudi and Egyptian armies are fighting together against Shia rebels in Yemen.

And guess who’s fighting together alongside them? The Muslim Brotherhood.

That’s right, the Muslim Brotherhood in Yemen are allies with the Saudis that threw them out of Egypt. Are they buddies now?

No, they just happen to be pointing their guns at the same people “right now.” And who else is rooting for “Team Saudi”? ISIS and Al Qaeda, because they love the fact that Shia are dying in Yemen.

Is this a simple Sunni-Shia split? Yes. Except in Iraq, where the Sunni coalition is fighting alongside the Shia militia against ISIS. And whichever “government” is left standing after all the fighting is done, whether it be Sunni, Shia, democracy, monarchy, insurgency, tribal, military or theocracy has the U.S. waiting for them — the “Great Satan”.

But you know who the real big winner will be? Military contractors and arms manufacturers. Eisenhower was 100 percent right when he warned of the “military industrial complex.”

Robert LaRosa Whitestone

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Five projects win money in District 32 For schools, libraries, parks; Ulrich wants to expand budget voting to all

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Five capital projects worth a combined $1.19 million will receive funding from Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) after getting the top number of votes from Community District 9 residents during the participatory budgeting process.

The projects, which will be paid for using capital money allocated by the councilman, are technology upgrades at PS 90, PS 97, PS 66 and PS 306; security improvements at the Ozone Park and Richmond Hill libraries; the installation of emergency call boxes in Forest Park; the renovation of PS 64’s auditorium; and the refurbishment of the 9/11 memorial in Forest Park.

In an interview with reporters last Friday, three days before the results were made public, Ulrich said he is proud to be one of the original four Council members who started the direct democracy process in 2011.

“I didn’t think there was anything wrong in letting people decide how their money is spent,” he said. “We’re giving them a voice.”

Ulrich differs from his colleagues in Queens, in that he separates his participatory budget process into two separate votes — one for CD 9 and one for his constituents in the Rockaways.

He said he did that because he didn’t

Volunteers count votes cast for funding to projects as part of the participatory budgeting process in Community District 9. The votes were counted in the office of Councilman Eric Ulrich, PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY who said he is seeking to bring the process to CD 10. want the process to become a competition between the people on the peninsula and those in mainland Queens.

Residents in CD 10 do not have a participatory budgeting process because Ulrich does not have the staff to dedicate to the process in that area, he said.

“This is a full-time commitment for the months it’s in operation,” he noted.

But, he added, he is working to bring it there “by next year.”

“I’m going to have to make some adjustments to my staff,” Ulrich said.

Community Board 10 Chairwoman Betty

Braton declined to comment on the idea of participatory budgeting coming to her district, saying in an email, “Any comment I would make would be my own personal opinions, not those of the Board since this is not a topic that ever [sic] been brought up or discussed by the Board.”

The staff in the councilman’s Ozone Park district office handle the votes for CD 9 while his Rockaway office works on the votes cast by peninsula residents.

The three projects that missed out on the funding were improvements to Equity Park in Woodhaven; the replacement of fencing, signs and benches at the Forest Park dog run; and the same at Lt. Clinton L Whiting Square — located in the park.

But Ulrich said there is still a possibility that he will provide funding for those three projects later in the year — something he has done in previous years for proposals that did not receive top votes during the participatory budgeting process.

The councilman said his one wish for next year’s participatory budgeting is to see more residents get involved with the process.

“I’d like to see more of my constituents take ownership of this,” he said.

In CD 9, 692 residents cast votes for projects during the month of April, according to Q a release from Ulrich’s office.

Bill to solidify city culture plan passes

by Cristina Schreil

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106, 112 Pct. in Twitter bet It’s on.

The 106th and 112th precincts have engaged in a Twitter bet to see which will be the first to reach 5,000 followers on the social media website.

The two precincts have put up their memorial coins, seen above, as the wager.

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is above. The 106th Precinct hit 4,000 followers on Sunday, with the 112th hitting the milestone just hours later.

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Culture in New York City is nothing new.

But a new law, passed Tuesday by the City Council, aims to ensure it’s accessible to all.

Introduction 419, co-sponosored by City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) which calls for creating a “comprehensive cultural plan” aimed at improving culture in different areas across the city, requires the city Department of Cultural Affairs to develop and oversee a set plan for bringing arts to more communities, collecting input from residents in all five boroughs.

The cultural plan will be put forth after scrutinizing the distribution of cultural actives in the five boroughs, the connection to socioeconomic health, community outreach, boosting arts education in schools and public art projects.

The law also requires the department’s commissioner, Tom Finkelpearl, to submit the plan to the mayor and City Council speaker every two years, the first due in 2017.

During a City Council session Tuesday, Van Bramer noted that the budget for the arts in New York City is greater than the entire budget for the county’s National Endowment for the Arts.

“So it’s really important that we study that

we know where this funding is going and that we go neighborhood to neighborhood talking to artists empowering and engaging the community,” Van Bramer said. “Culture is the life blood of our city. It inspires us.”

He said the law will make sure that each community is involved and that different city agencies make sure that the arts are an important part of their work. It also aims to help neighborhoods remain “artist friendly” while many of them, notably Long Island City, is susceptible to increasing rents that have driven artists out of the formerly affordable area.

“This administration recognizes that the arts are essential to the vibrancy of our communities and the quality of the education we provide our students,” Finkelpearl said in a statement.

It also establishes a Citizens’ Advisory Committee within the DCA, which is to include representatives from the five borough presidents, three members appointed by City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito (D-Manhattan, Bronx) and Mayor de Blasio.

Some committee members should have knowledge of cultural activities, business, real estate, charities and public housing.

The bill was introduced in 2013. Other cities, such as Denver, Chicago and Houston, Q have similar cultural plans.

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Curious residents look at a map of Woodhaven Boulevard at a Department of Transportation PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA public workshop regarding Select Bus Service last Thursday

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The jury is still out when it comes to Select Bus Service on the northern section of Woodhaven Boulevard.

The Department of Transportation held a public workshop for area residents last Thursday in Forest Hills regarding the $200 million plan to redesign Woodhaven and Cross Bay boulevards to add select bus routes from Woodside to the Rockaways.

The meeting, held in the librar y of Queens Metropolitan High School, brought out both staunch supporters of the plan and passionate opponents.

“I’m a big supporter of this,” said Toby Sheppard Bloch, a Glendale resident and new Community Board 5 member. “Woodhaven Boulevard is broken for all road users … This is clearly going to make Woodhaven safer for everyone.”

“I don’t drive. I take the bus and it’s still the stupidest idea I’ve ever heard,” Grace Lennon, a Forest Hills resident, said. “It’s just crazy.”

Bloch, Lennon and approximately three dozen other residents were first broken up into small groups of four or five people and given presentations on the general idea of Select Bus Service by representatives from the DOT and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

Afterward, they were invited to look at a large map of the street, with descriptions of where bus stops and vehicular parking would be, as well as which turns would be banned at which intersections.

The plan involves making the Q52 and Q53 buses into select buses that will travel in a dedicated lane on the main thoroughfare,

which would be separated from a one-lane service road by a median, where the select bus stops and stations for the Q11 and Q21 buses would be located.

But some residents questioned DOT officials over the lack of left turns drivers traveling on Woodhaven Boulevard could legally make if the new proposal, which should be completed in 2018, were instituted.

Under the plan, left turns from southbound Woodhaven Boulevard onto Wetherole Street, 62nd Road, 63rd Drive, 64th, 66th and 67th roads, 68th Avenue, Yellowstone Boulevard, Union Turnpike and Metropolitan and 73rd avenues would be banned.

Drivers looking to turn left from Woodhaven Boulevard onto Metropolitan Avenue would be directed instead onto Trotting Course Lane, which would become a twoway street.

Left turns would be permitted from Trotting Course Lane onto Metropolitan Avenue.

“Slip lanes,” which would allow drivers to turn onto the service road from the main strip, would be present just beyond 63rd Avenue, 67th Drive and Metropolitan Avenue.

A slip lane letting motorists move to the main strip from the service road would be found just before 65th Road.

Those traveling southbound on Woodhaven would still be allowed to turn left onto Alderton Street, 63rd and 66th avenues and 68th Road.

For motorists driving northbound, left turns onto Metropolitan, Furmanville and Penelope avenues, 64th Road and Union Turnpike would no longer be legal.

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City Councilman Peter Koo (D-Fushing), chairman of the Landmarks Committee, has introduced a reform bill that will reduce the time it takes for the Landmarks Preser vation Com mission to consider potential sites.

The legislation (Int. 775) imposes a timeline on the designation of landmarks and historic districts.

“Landmarking in New York City is an arduous process that has kept many properties in a state of perpetual limbo, unable to reap the benefits of an actual landmark designation,” Koo said. “Since the creation of the landmarks law 50 years ago, many

Bill would speed up city designation potential landmarks have languished on the LPC calendar for as long as 49 years with no end in sight.”

He called that inaction “unacceptable.”

The legislation would give the LPC 18 months to clear that backlog.

Before a building or neighborhood can receive the coveted landmark status, the LPC requires items under consideration to be calendared.

But there are no limitations on how long the panel has to consider items that have

been calendared, leaving some potential landmarks in indefinite limbo, sometimes for decades.

Under the legislation, the LPC must hold a public hearing within 180 days of calendaring the landmark for consideration, and take final action within 180 days of the public hearing.

For historic districts, the LPC must hold a public hearing within one year of calendaring the landmark and take final action within a year of the public hearing.

For those already on the calendar, the commission must make a determination on whether or not to designate items within 18 months after the bill becomes law.

Queens has eight locations that have been on the list for more than five years, including the Bowne Street Community Church in Koo’s district. The others are the Ahles house in Bayside, a Douglaston Historic District extension, the First Reformed Church of College Point, the Fairway Apartments in Jackson Heights, the Spanish Towers homes in Jackson Heights, the Pepsi-Cola sign in Long Island City and the Old Calvary Cemetery Q Gatehouse in Maspeth.

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Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) did not know about the house until approached by the Chronicle.

Both politicians said “zombie houses” — the real estate term used to describe abandoned properties typically in the foreclosure process — have been seen before across their districts, which overlap in some parts.

Ulrich said there used to be foreclosures in his district, adding that the zombie properties usually pop up in areas other than Howard Beach.

Addabbo, too, said Howard Beach does not typically see zombie houses.

“We’ve seen them in Woodhaven and in the northern part of my district,” Addabbo said.

Ulrich said his office works to solve such problems whenever notified of them. “ We h a v e a z e r o - t o l e r a n c e approach,” he said.

Addabbo, too, expressed a zero-tolerance approach to zombie houses.

“That owner has a legal obligation to keep up that property,” the senator said. “We’re on them to make sure they do that.”

Addabbo noted that his office is dealing with other zombie properties in his dist r ict, including one in Lindenwood.

In an effort to protect residents from the blight of abandoned homes, state officials have proposed legislation that would require banks that own and service loans on forgotten proper ties to maintain their appearance.

Among those state officials have been state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and the Independent Democratic Conference, of which state Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) is a member.

Addabbo said he would support the zombie house legislation proposed Q upstate.

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Julian Douglas, 22, of 131st Street, was arrested last Saturday for killing Leta Webb as she answered her door at about 1:40 a.m.

He was arraigned before Queens Criminal Court Judge Suzanne Melendez later that day on charges that also included second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, according to the Queens District Attorney’s Office.

Douglas was ordered held without bail.

His next scheduled court date is May 27. He faces up to 25 years to life in prison if convicted on all charges at a trial.

“The defendant is accused of killing a grandmother who simply answered a knock at her Jamaica home early in the morning last month,” District Attorney Richard Brown said in a statement issued by his office on Monday, calling the murder another example of senseless gun violence in the community.

Webb lived on 119th Avenue. Douglas is accused of shooting her twice as she opened her door, hitting her once in the head and once in her forearm.

EMS personnel rushed her to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead.

Published reports have quoted NYPD sources as saying the killing could be gang-related.

Webb’s adopted son, Arnold, is a reputed member of the Bloods street gang and is serving a prison sentence for manslaughter.

The day after the shooting police released a video from a nearby surveillance camera that showed a white van the NYPD suspected was connected with the crime.

Webb’s death remains under investigation by detectives in the 113th Precinct.

A reward was offered for information leading to a conviction in the crime, though authorities did not say if it played a role in Douglas’ arrest.

Webb was mourned by about 200 people who took to the street on 119th Avenue on April 2.

Members of the clergy from various faiths also called on the community itself to end the cycle of violence that resulted in Webb’s death.

The Rev. Phil Craig, pastor of the Greater Springfield Community Church and president of the Queens Chapter of the National Action Network, organized the prayer vigil that took place in front of Webb’s home.

More than a half-dozen clerics invited those in attendance to form a circle around Webb’s children and grandchildren, and offered prayers of consolation and hope.

Anyone with additional information on the case is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1 (800) 577-TIPS (8477). The public also can submit tips by logging onto nypdcrimestoppers.com or by texting 274637 (CRIMES), then entering TIP577. All tips are strictly Q confidential.

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country,” he said, pointing to presidential hopeful U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) as one of the right-wing supporters. “This is not just a liberal Democratic issue.”

Former police captain and political candidate Joe Concannon opposes the bill, saying it was “written too broadly.”

Concan non, a Republican who ran against Democrats in the City Council and state Senate, said the bill does not exclude any situation in which a police officer might find his or her life, or anyone else’s, in jeopardy, or one in which a cop may not have intended to place a suspect in a chokehold.

“While this well-intended piece of legislation was meant to protect the general public, this piece of legislation lacks the insight of the role of a police officer,” the Bellerose resident said, “not just in New York City, but across the nation.”

Mayor de Blasio, a Democrat, has said he is against any legislation that would punish cops for using the chokehold and has promised to veto Lancman’s bill if it ever comes across his desk.

City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton has also expressed opposition to any bill that would penalize officers for the use of the move.

The use of chokeholds is prohibited by the NYPD despite there being no laws on Q the book about it.

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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, at podium, announces legislation that would make the use of a chokehold a federal crime. He is joined by Cynthia Davis of the National Action Network, left, Gwen Carr, FACEBOOK PHOTO the mother of Eric Garner, and Kirsten John Foy of NAN. release.

Councilman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows), who last year proposed a similar bill on the city level, expressed support for Jeffries’ proposal.

“I think it’s a good idea,” said Lancman, who sits on the Council’s Public Safety and

Juvenile Justice committees. “This is something that is a nationwide issue.”

Lancman noted that the bill could receive bipar tisan suppor t from other federal officials.

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As the debate over excessive police force continues across the nation, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-Brooklyn, Queens) on Monday announced legislation that would make the use of a chokehold by cops a violation of federal civil rights.

“The chokehold is a poster child for violent police tactics,” Jeffries said in a release. “It is an unreasonable measure. It is an unnecessary measure. It is an uncivilized measure.”

Jeffries announced the introduction of the bill, called the Excessive Use of Force Prevention Act of 2015, along with Gwen Carr, the mother of Eric Garner — the Staten Island man whose death, which was ruled a homicide by the medical examiner, was caused by an apparent chokehold by a police officer who was arresting him for selling untaxed cigarettes.

Garner’s takedown, which was filmed, his death and a later decision by a grand jury not to indict the officer who applied the grip set off a city and nationwide frenzy protesting police brutality.

“Congressman Jeffries’ legislation will prevent another mother and another person’s child from losing their breath and their lives because of a police officer’s chokehold,” Carr said in Jeffries’ press

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Children’s author Michael Sampson appeared at Divine Mercy Catholic Academy in Ozone Park recently, to share his books and to inspire students to write and read.

Sampson is the author of 30 books for children, including his best sellers “Chicka, Chicka, 1,2,3” and “Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See?” During his presentation, Sampson shared his life story and how he became a writer in a highly interactive, motivational format.

He read his best-selling books to the students and told them that all children are writers and that students should be “everything they can be.”

His session included questions and answers with the students and teachers.

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after his presentations, and the author was available for autographs.

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An SUV crashed into the front of a discount store in Ozone Park on Sunday, sending two people inside the shop to the hospital.

Officials with the FDNY said the vehicle slammed into the Deals store, located at 109th Avenue and Rockaway Boulevard, at about 4:30 p.m.

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AllState agent Alan Aronson, right, presented the check to Randy Novick, the founder of American Softball.

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Elected and appointed, municipal and federal, a slew of officials representing Queens and the rest of New York City last week lauded the U.S. Senate’s approval of federal prosecutor Loretta Lynch as the nation’s new attorney general. Lynch was sworn in Monday.

Her nomination by President Obama was approved by the Senate 56-43, on a largely partisan vote, with 10 Republicans joining the Democrats to vote for her. Her nomination had been held up for months by the GOP majority as it fought with Democrats over language related to abortion in a bill designed to combat human trafficking.

A nd some Republica ns opposed her because she had testified that she supports Obama’s executive actions that would protect several million illegal im mig rants f rom depor tation, moves they consider unconstitutional.

But there are no Republicans among the federal officials who represent Queens, and here all off icial statements on Lynch’s approval were laudatory. She replaces outformer AG Eric Holder, an East Elmhurst native.

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approval of Lynch, who had been the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, responsible for federal prosecutions in Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island, and on Long Island.

“I am pleased to finally be able to congratulate Loretta Lynch on her confirmation as Attor ney General of the United States,” Gillibrand said. “Loretta is strong and fearless, and she is an ideal choice ... . Not only is she making history as the first African American woman to serve in this role, she is one of ou r cou nt r y’s most accomplished and disting uished minds serving in law enforcement.”

One minute after Gillibrand’s statement appeared in media in-boxes, one from her fellow Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) arrived.

“Today is an historic day as Loretta Lynch will take her rightful place at the helm of DOJ,” New York’s senior senator said. “... She will pour every ounce of her energy into keeping America safe, upholding the r ule of law, and protecting and restoring voting rights that have been under assault for far too long.”

Three minutes later, a statement from R e p. H a ke e m Jef f r ie s ( D - B r o o k ly n , Queens) appeared, in which he said, “After a shameful, partisan delay forced on the American people by Senate Republicans, Loretta Lynch has finally been confirmed

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The event is sponsored by Bobbi & the Strays, which operates a no-kill shelter in Freeport, LI and an adoption center at Atlas Park in Glendale. There will be walking trails for all levels.

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Boro opt-out rate a good sign: Dromm ‘Grassroots’ movement is gaining momentum in Queens schools

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

For Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights), the more than 100 Queens students who refused to take the state standardized tests represent progress in the opt-out movement.

“Little by little this movement is growing,” Dromm, a former teacher and the chairman of the Council’s Education Committee, said in an inter view with the Queens Chronicle. “It’s a grassroots movement that’s beginning to take shape. Parents are really beginning to understand that the test, as the governor has said, is meaningless to children.”

The councilman was referring to a comment made by Gov. Cuomo last week at a breakfast in the city, in which, according to published reports, he said, “What I don’t think has been adequately communicated is, we passed a law that stops the use of the grades on the test for the student. So the grades are meaningless to the student.”

“If they’re meaningless to student s, wh at’s t he pu r pose? ” Dromm asked.

According to preliminary data compiled by United to Counter the Core, an advocacy group that seeks the elimination of the state’s Com mon Core cur riculum, at least 114 Queens students opted out of the English language arts test and 133 did not take part in the math exam.

Some borough parents chose not to have their children take the state tests.

Those numbers will continue to grow, according to a spokeswoman for Change the Stakes, another anti-Common Core group, who said the statistics are being updated. The state Department of Education has not yet released the official numbers.

One of the highest concentration of test rebels, according to the preliminary count, was in School

District 26 in Northeast Queens.

There, at least 58 students didn’t take the ELA test, while there were 64 empty seats during the math one.

Southeast Queens’ School District 29 had the lowest rate, with only one student missing both exams.

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by Dromm, 18 children initially were reported to have opted out of both tests. The CTS spokeswoman said on Wednesday that number is now at 104.

While Dromm said the anxiety over the tests was high, with parents expressing concer ns over them to the politician prior to last week, two Community Education Council members said there was

very little talk of the tests prior to the students’ sitting down.

“I did not get too many parents complaining,” Nick Comaianni, president of CEC 24, said. “Not an overwhelming amount.”

In Comaianni’s district, located in Central Queens, at least 26 children were not in for the ELA test while 38 or more sat out for math. Comaianni said much of the discussion prior to the tests was about how “unfair” they were, but that there wasn’t much discussion of pulling children out of school for them.

Michael Duvalle, vice president of CEC 27 in South Queens, said many parentΔ``s were encouraged to take the test.

“We didn’t have that problem,” he said of parents threatening to keep their children home. “They knew they were coming and they were prepared.”

Only four children were known to sit out both exams in the Southern Queens district.

Duvalle said many parents were asked to keep their children in school because the attendance rate for the tests is tied to the amount of state financial aid school districts get each year.

Dromm said the state should stop withholding funding for a lack of test participation.

“We shouldn’t have funds for s ch o ol s b e i n g h eld h o s t a ge because of some non-educator Q making decisions,” he said.

Coyote chaos: Canine caught in Middle Village The critter escaped capture on Monday, was apprehended Tuesday

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The coyote spotted scampering through Middle Village on Monday was caught by two Emergency Service Unit detectives in the backyard of a 77th Place home on Tuesday night.

The coyote hiding behind Ceilia Carrano’s bushes on 71st Street.

“He might have gotten away once but not today,” the 104th Precinct tweeted on Tuesday. “We have caught the coyote at 77th Place and Caldwell Avenue.”

The NYPD’s Special Operations Twitter account credited Dets. Mike Langlois and Mike Parides with capturing the animal.

On Monday mor ning, the wild canine was spotted behind the bushes of a 71st Street home near the western end of Juniper Valley Park in Middle Village around 9 a.m.

Ceilia Carrano, 93, who lives in the home, said she was awoken by loud talking outside. When she looked out, she said she was startled by what she saw.

“It looked like people were taking pictures,” Carrano said. “So I peeked out the door in my nightgown and asked what was wrong. They said ‘Shhh, a coyote!’”

When police arrived a short time later, she said, about 10 officers wearing thick gloves, with some carrying nets, tried to catch the critter, but it escaped.

“All of sudden, he jumped up and got away,” she said.

This week’s wild canine sighting was one of a handful in the city in recent weeks. A coyote was caught in Battery Park in Manhattan on Saturday, while another was spotted on the roof of a Long Island City bar last Q month.

Coyote ugly! This wild canine normally seen in the city’s northern and western suburbs made its way to southwestern Queens on Monday, where it was spotted behind the bushes of a Middle Village home. The coyote was caught by police on Tuesday.

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continued from page 2 Sherpa Assoication in Elmhurst, the Om Shakti Temple in Woodside and the Ridgewood Nepali Society, have also held fundraising and prayer events.

The idea of helplessness among Nepal immigrants has been expressed by many in the wake of the disaster. Some are also concerned over residency status.

Wednesday, it was announced by Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing) that she seeks to co-sponsor a bill that would temporarily keep Nepal citizens living in the United States from being deported or detained so that they are not forced to return to the unsafe conditions in their homeland. Status would be granted for 18 months and apply to those who were “lawfully present” in the country before and at the time of the initial earthquake.

On Monday, Time War ner Cable announced that all calls placed on its landline and mobile phones to Nepal would be free through May 25.

Suveg Pandey, a student who lives in Manhattan, said he has relatives living in affected areas in Nepal.

“We have a lot of friends who are over now, Facebook friends, so we get updated pretty aggressively,” Pandey said at Sunday’s vigil. “Everyone’s staying outside, the problem is, it’s raining outside, it’s cold, they don’t have food.”

He said there was a silver lining in the

disaster taking place on a weekend, when many were able to jump on aid efforts in a matter of hours.

Adhikaar is encouraging people who want to help the earthquake victims to donate to a campaign set up on the website Indiegogo.com spearheaded by the Nepali Medical Foundation.

To donate money to the cause, go to life.i nd iegogo.com /f u nd raisers / nepal-earthquake-relief-fund.

The New York Nepalese Football Club was also determined to raise funds Sunday to go to its president, who is in Nepal now, for distribution.

Team member Karma Punel, who was born in the Nepalese countryside but moved to Jackson Heights five years ago, said he believes the NYNFC collected more than $1,000 Sunday. He added that members are also sending items such as clothing.

“I heard that they’re sleeping outside on the street,” Punel said, adding that most expected a big quake to occur at some point in the nation, which is situated on a fault line. “It was kind of lucky because it didn’t happen in the nighttime.

If it happened in the nighttime maybe a lot [more] people would die.”

“I saw the pictures of the buildings: T hey we r e d e st roye d , c omplet ely destroyed. At first I didn’t believe it was Q real,” he said.

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Optimism ‘revealed’ The truth on Zoning for for Jamaica’s future OPINION

Quality and Affordability

they are already

by Carl Weisbrod Having grown up in Queens, I have a allowed to build.

We understand deep appreciation for its residential neighborhoods and an awareness of the fierce n e ig h b o r h o o d s’ protectiveness that they inspire. It is a sensitivities regardgreat borough in which to live, to raise a i n g b u i l d i n g family, and to spend one’s retirement heights, and so have proposed very years, as my parents did.

That’s why we are working with commu- modest changes nities throughout Queens to help address only where they are our pressing crisis of affordability. This is most needed to particularly important for seniors, an ever make contextual districts work for today’s growing proportion of the borough’s popula- housing. This would mean increasing maxition, who want to be able to spend their mum heights for new buildings by no more retirement in the borough they have lived in than 5 feet in most contextual districts; in some others, up to one additional story for much of their lives.

Notwithstanding the misperceptions per- would be allowed.

Zoning allows additional space to propetuated in last week’s Queens Chronicle editorial (“Save Queens from City Hall,” mote inclusionary housing and affordable April 23) we are not proposing growth or housing for seniors. Modest adjustments are major change. Let’s get the facts straight: needed to fit these housing units — one to No upzoning is proposed for Queens neigh- two stories more in over 95 percent of cases, borhoods, and certainly no skyscrapers, and three to four stories more in only the under our Zoning for Quality and Afford- highest-density districts. I know from my ability proposal. No changes at all are being own family’s experience that seniors want to proposed to the size and shape of buildings stay in their communities, near their families, and we want to help them do so. in one- and two-family neighborhoods.

Only 5 percent of residents of lowInstead, our proposal simply allows buildings to incorporate affordable and income senior housing near transit own cars. senior housing, to be better designed and to Yet current regulations require costly parkfit quality ground-floor retail space where ing that often reduces the amount of desperately needed senior housing permitted. The resulting that can be provided, and buildings will fit more grayields no benefit to the overciously into their neighboro, we’re not whelming majority of its resihoods, and facilitate a better upzoning or dents. Developing housing quality of life, better enabling seniors with low incomes residents to shop within allowing new for is not profitable. It requires walking distance of their homes. The small incremenskyscrapers. public subsidy. Precious public dollars that support muchtal height proposed in our zoning text change for multifamily districts needed housing for low-income seniors can does not permit a single additional square go further when they’re not used to subsidize unnecessary parking spaces, which foot for market-rate housing.

Why are we proposing this now? Since cost more to build than it costs to buy a car.

In the past 12 years, there have been only 1916, the rules for how we build have changed as the city has changed. Each eight city-sponsored low-income senior change brought its own challenges. The housing developments, with fewer than 700 city’s “contextual” zoning regulations, creat- total units, constructed in Queens. With a ed in the mid-1980s in response to disrup- projected increase of 40 percent in our poptive “tower-in-the-park” developments, are ulation of seniors by 2040, we need to do far unintentionally forcing new buildings to fit more to enable them to find homes in their within inflexible envelopes, leading to bad communities, near their families.

It’s important to note that this proposal is design and high costs that hinder housing affordability. Moreover, developers cannot still in the early stages. Although April 30 is take advantage of zoning incentives for the last day for public comment on the scope affordable housing, leaving those units on of the environmental review, we have not completed the proposed zoning text, nor the cutting room floor.

Architects and nonprofit organizations begun the official land use review process, that support the city’s housing and neighbor- which provides multiple opportunities for hoods have identified aspects of these dated public input. We appreciate how much comrules as an impediment to both quality hous- munities care about issues that affect them, ing and affordable housing. We agree. The and we welcome their engagement. But the City’s Zoning for Quality and Affordability public discourse will be most constructive Q proposal tweaks the zoning code for medi- only if the facts are clear to all.

Carl Weisbrod is Chairman of the um- and higher-density districts to permit property owners the flexibility to build what New York City Planning Commission.

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Annual gathering of developers, business points to new momentum in SE Queens

by Michael Gannon Editor

With the ink barely dry on her recent Jamaica Now Neighborhood Action Plan, Borough President Melinda Katz was a natural last Thursday to kick of f t he a n nu al Ja m aica Revealed program.

“You’ve heard me say since I was elected that if ‘If it’s good for families, it’s good for Queens,’” Katz told the crowd of about 200 at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center. “I’ll add ‘If it’s good for Jamaica, it’s good for Queens.”

The event, with sponsors The annual Jamaica Revealed presentation drew about 200 including the Greater Jamaica people to the Jamaica Performing Arts Center last Thursday.

Development Corp., the Jamaica Efforts to jump-start the economy and job creation along Center, Sutphin Boulevard and Jamaica’s business and commercial areas have gained 165th Street Mall business momentum in the last year.

PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON improvement districts and the city’s Department of Small Business Servic- might want to redo their facades or even tear es, brings developers, business owners and down and start new.

“Consider rebuilding once your leases are entrepreneurs into Jamaica for talks and a tour of available properties. The aim is to up,” he said. “Consider working with a accelerate plans to turn Jamaica into a desti- neighboring building owner. Consider buying out a neighboring building owner.” nation for shopping, dining and the arts.

Another issue he said Jamaica must face The list of speakers included Commissioner Maria Torres-Springer from the is parking, which suburban malls in Nassau city’s Department of Small Business Ser- County can throw at potential customers vices and Drew Greenwald, the principal of with abandon.

“I pulled in to the central garage this mornGrid Properties, Inc., which operates retail properties connected with major urban ing and drove up to the top floor to get the revitalization efforts in places like the second-to-last spot available,” he said.

Early in the program, Rhonda Binda of 125th Street corridor in Harlem and in the Jamaica Center BID, Simone Price of Washington, DC. Those wishing to participate in the ensu- Sutphin Boulevard and Derek Irby of the ing tour got a close look at some of the 165th Street Mall BID paid tribute to the available properties in the Jamaica business late Jack Friedman.

Friedman, who died at age 55 on April 9, corridors.

In his talk, Greenwald said areas with was the long-time executive director of the greater problems and greater perception Queens Chamber of Commerce, who subproblems than Jamaica have come back in scribed to the rule of three Ts when it came the past, and that the optimism expressed by to revitalizing an area.

“Technology, transportation and tourKatz, BID personnel and area business leadism,” Binda said. ers is justified.

Under technology, Binda referred to the “If the Mets can win 10 in a row, anyfree WiFi that the city has agreed to install thing is possible,” Greenwald said.

Combined with the local population and at former pay telephone kiosks along Jamaiits potential disposable income, Greenwald ca Avenue, something Katz was able to said Jamaica Avenue has the people, the leverage from the city as part of the action money and the zoning for potentially great plan.

“That’s a game-changer,” Katz told the things to happen with the right combination of mixed use retail, business and residential crowd during her talk.

Price referred to the nearby transit hubs development.

He said, for example, that many building and John F. Kennedy International Airport.

And Irby said recently-added hotels with owners don’t see value past the first floor when zoning allows for three, four or more more either under construction or in the planning stage point to a vibrant and growdensity in given areas.

He also said that much of the commercial ing tourism economy, another selling point and business buildings are very dated in that Katz has been shouting from Borough Q appearance, and that enterprising owners Hall since taking office.

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Teaching artists brings their own unique style to the unified theme, and students feed off that energy and soar their artistry to the next level.

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In the words of Educational Director David Camacho, “I don’t do this for myself, it’s all for the kids.” Camacho recounted the ways art saved his life, and has dedicated his time to paying it forward.

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Scarborough to plead guilty, resign office 20-year assemblyman to cop to federal charges; move on state docket expected

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false campaign documents and fraud.

A source familiar with a case brought Assembly man Bill Scarborough Jr. against Scarborough by state Attorney Gen(D-Jamaica) will resign his seat and will eral Eric Schneiderman said that Scarborplead guilty to federal charges related to his ough also is expected to plead guilty to unspecified state charges. falsification of government travel vouchers.

He was accused of filing false reimburse“I did in fact claim to be in Albany at times when I was not there, or I would claim to ment vouchers for travel and lodging connecthave stayed longer than I actually did,” Scar- ed with round trips between his district and borough said in a statement sent to the Chron- Albany, and for misappropriating $40,000 in campaign money for personal use. icle on Tuesday afternoon.

Duncan also told the Chronicle that Scar“I want to apologize to my family, my colleagues, my staff, my community and those borough’s defense has withdrawn a motion to stop the governwho believed in me, ment’s use of data and whom I misled as taken from cell towthis issue unfolded,” did in fact claim to ers as evidence.

Scarborough continThe Albany Times ued. “It is not easy to be in Albany at times Union reported that admit that you have when I was not there ...” Scarborough’s attorengaged in improper ney had argued that behavior and have — Assemblyman Bill Scarborough Jr. the government had fallen shor t of the o b t a i n e d t h e c el l standards that were expected of you in a responsible position. tower information illegally.

The paper also wrote that a judge has ruled There is no excuse for my actions and I can only take responsibility for them and what- that the cell tower data could not be suppressed by the defense in a trial. ever consequences come as a result.”

Such data can be used to pinpoint an Scarborough is expected to plead guilty to at least one federal charge on May 7 in con- individual’s location.

Scarborough was first elected in 1994. nection with fraud charges filed last year by His 29th District covers portions of Rosethe U.S. Attorney’s Office in Albany.

John Duncan, Executive Assistant U.S. dale, Laurelton, St. Albans, Jamaica, Hollis Attorney for the Northern District of New and Jamaica Estates.

In his statement, Scarborough said York State, told the Chronicle on Tuesday that Scarborough’s defense team filed for a change money always had been tight, but that during the time in which he will confess to of plea on Monday.

Duncan said he could not elaborate as to wrongdoing he was in particularly tight financial straits, requiring him to take a what charges or charges might be involved.

The assemblyman back in October did second job teaching.

He did point out that state legislators have plead not guilty to federal and state charges that included felony grand larceny, filing not had a pay increase in 16 years, and that Editor

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Veteran legislator Bill Scarborough Jr. will resign from the Assembly as he prepares to plead guilty to unspecified federal corruption charges. A source told the Chronicle that a plea on state PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY charges also is expected to be forthcoming. while it is supposed to be a part-time job, he and many of his colleagues attend district functions or meeting constituents whenever not in Albany.

He said the few legislators who report large outside income “was used as a club to beat back any suggestion that the vast majority needed or deserved an increase.

“Regardless, I clearly understand that there

were no excuses for my actions, and the blame rests solely with me,” Scarborough said. “Many of my colleagues felt the same frustration with the salary situation as I did, but they did not act as I did ... For that, I can only take responsibility for my actions, apologize to all those that I have let down and hope that they can find it in their hearts to forgive Q me at some point.”

Anti-SHSAT bill shot down without a vote Assembly version of controversial legislation still in front of committee

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A state Senate bill to change the admission process for specialized high schools was defeated in the Education Committee on Tuesday — without even coming to a vote.

According to a spokeswoman for state Sen. Toby Ann Stavisky (D-Flushing), an alumnus of Bronx Science, the bill was not moved for a vote by any member of the committee, and as a result was dead by default.

The bill sought to change the admission criteria for getting into Bronx High School of Science, Stuyvesant, Brooklyn Tech, Staten Island Tech, Queens High School for Sciences, Brooklyn Latin School, High School for Math, Science and Engineering at City College or High School of American Studies at Lehman College.

Students can only get into those schools by taking a multiple-choice test, which some have said is unfair to black and Latino students.

The majority of students in specialized high schools are white and Asian children.

Stavisky testified in front of the committee that the proposed criteria for allowing children into the city’s specialized high schools — including grade point averages, student portfolios and teacher recommendations — would actually decrease the number of black and Latino children in the schools.

The senator added that the schools do need a more diverse population.

“The lack of diversity in our specialized high schools is a serious issue that we face in education today,” she said in a release.

Nick Comaianni, president of Community Education Council 24, said the bill’s defeat “is definitely a good thing.”

“It was a very unpopular bill,” Comaianni said. “It had no support in the community.”

Comaianni previously blasted the proposal, saying it would turn the admission process into a lottery.

The Queens Chronicle last week detailed how several educational leaders, including Comaianni, and advocates were skeptical of the proposed legislation.

The CEC president said the bill’s proponents, which include the NAACP and the teachers union, need to get public input on the proposals if they want them to succeed.

“What I would have them do is take public input and make sure this is what the public wants,” Comaianni said.

He added that no politicians sought community input on the proposed changes to the admission criteria.

Comaianni, who is also a Community Board 9 member, said last week his district has a high volume of students who get into the specialized high schools.

IS 119, in Glendale, had 85 students get into the schools last year, with 23 of them going to Stuyvesant.

The Senate bill was sponsored by state Sen. Adriano Espaillat (D-Manhattan, Bronx), whose spokesman did not return comments on the bill’s defeat by Wednesday evening.

An Assembly version of the bill at press time was still in front of the Education Committee.

That bill is sponsored by Assemblyman Charles Barron Q (D-Brooklyn).

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Revised bill passes in Assembly; advocates look towards Senate

by Cristina Schreil Associate Editor

With revisions to a bill first introduced to the state Assembly in 2013, advocates hope survivors of sexual assault can soon be better protected and attackers more justly sentenced.

Assembly bill 4959, which moves to redefine rape to include forced anal and oral sex, passed in the Assembly last Thursday with new language that sponsor A ssembly wom a n A r avel la Si mot a s (D-Astoria) hopes has made it passable in the Senate.

“This year I amended it to address specific concerns,” Simotas said in a phone interview Wednesday. “I think that the very passion of the rape survivors who inspired this bill and of the advocates is clear.”

She noted how this version contains specific language meant to make it easier to punish those accused of forcing any unwanted sexual contact on a victim.

Now, forced anal and oral sex are considered criminal sexual acts. Simotas has urged that they are perceived as rape to victims and should be legally considered as such.

“Calling rape by any other name rejects the true nature of the crime and literally

adds insult to injury,” she said in a statement announcing the bill’s passing.

The new language underscores that if an individual engages in vaginal, anal and oral sex but is incapable of consenting to the act for any reason — including being physically disabled or mentally incapacitated — an attacker would be guilty of rape in the third degree.

It also takes into account any forced sexual contact, not specifically intercourse or penetration.

Some had raised concerns over previous bill versions that didn’t have specific clauses on consent or the physical extent of the forced confrontation, saying that adding the acts to the rape law would make it tougher for prosecutors to convict in some cases.

It’s also been said that some members of a jury might not see oral sex as rape.

“It’s time that the vernacular that we use, that the words that we use, are accurate and adequately describe what the survivors go through,” Simotas said Wednesday, adding that it takes time for viewpoints to evolve.

She mirrored what she had said in a 2013 statement pushing for the bill’s passing: “Some sources have expressed concerns about whether forced oral sex is

rape. I say ask a survivor what forced oral sex is called.”

Lydia Cuomo, who survived a 2011 oral and anal rape attack that resulted in her attacker not being convicted of rape but instead of a criminal sexual act, has advocated for the bill alongside Simotas.

“Semantics really do matter for survivors,” said Cuomo, who is not related to the governor, in a statement after the bill was passed. “Over the past several months, by calling all rape what it is — rape — we have exposed an inequity in the law.

Today’s passage of this bill is so important to me and to everyone else who’s been forced to go through the same ordeal.”

Simotas said that she does not think there is a widespread misunderstanding of what rape victims endure, noting that the bill had several Assembly sponsors and bipartisan support. But, she said she knows that some people in different parts of the state think differently.

“I think that it’s difficult to talk about these issues,” she said.

Last Thursday, all present Assemblymembers except for Assemblyman Tom Abinanti (D-Brooklyn) voted in favor.

According to state records, the measure was delivered to the Senate’s Codes ComQ mittee last Thursday.

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A bill sponsored by Assemblywoman Aravella Simotas, with several other Queens assemblymembers, passed last Thursday. Simotas said she believes changes to the language give it a stronger shot of passing the state Senate.

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Free Parking Available or by Train M or R to 63rd Drive Station they treat everything like it’s a one-shot deal and we don’t do that,” Elias said.

In addition to buying gold, silver, diamonds, watches Recently, a woman and her boyfriend went into and coins, Ice Jewelry Buying also offers instant cash an unassuming gold buying and cash loan shop on loans for jewelry and eBay selling services.

Queens Boulevard. She had a $35 offer on her ring Their cash loans program is straightforward and from another area shop, but was looking to get a simple. “It’s a perfect solution for someone who better deal. In what may be viewed as poor business has a bill due and a check on the way,” Goldberg acumen, she told her new prospective buyer what said. “But we make sure they have a game plan to her previous offer was. Still, after examining her buy their jewelry back before the end of the term. piece, he offered her $1,600. He did so, as he says, Sometimes these are people’s heirlooms we’re “...because that’s what it was worth.” talking about and we respect that.”

The plight of the worker who’s hard-up for cash For those who are less Internet-savvy or just don’t in today’s economy is something that Arthur Elias have the time, Ice Jewelry Buying offers a convenient and Edward Goldberg can relate to firsthand, eBay sales service. If what a customer has isn’t an having been laid off from their jobs in jewelry item that Ice Jewelry Buying would purchase, like manufacturing. They understand that people get a handbag or antique furniture, they can help find into situations where they just need a little cash fast a buyer on their eBay store. Elias consults with the to make the bills and Ice Jewelry Buying Service customer to find a target price and hopes to help out in the most STORE HOURS let the Internet auctioneers handle honest way they can.

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When that woman told me her previous offer, it made “At the end of the day, I just want people to feel me wonder how many times this happens — how comfortable doing business with us. People have many people who really need that money get taken this conception of gold buying stores as these slimy advantage of?” places with slimy people, and they’re typically right.

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As Kennon Kay pulled on a thick metal latch, the squeal of metal of fringe covering their eyes, giving them the look of an unbrushed scraping metal roused the beast at the other end of the pen. teen in the ’80s.

Rising slowly, like a hulking mass of knitting yarn that had been On Sunday, enraptured onlookers will get to witness the flock’s knocked around for days in a dryer, Romney — a castrated male sheep big beautification day, in which they will be gently propped up into a named after his breed and nicknamed “Rom” by farm seated position while a shearer swiftly slices away their staff to dilute any political associations — trots over. coats, scooping up the wool now thick after a brutal It’s clear, especially with a nearby crush of school chilwinter. The bounty will be used for spinning demondren presenting fistfuls of goodies, that the king of the strations for farm visitors, although most wool is probunch, responding in Pavlovian fashion to the sound of fessionally spun off site. a new visitor, expects food.

Eighteen hundred people are expected to attend.

Unsurprisingly, his brethren flock over, following in The 47-acre farm, which contains an orchard, apiary suit. The sheep are coming. and new compost area, also has 2.5 acres dedicated to Kay, the director of agriculture at the Queens Coungrowing vegetables, fruit and herbs.

by Cristina Schreil ty Farm Museum in Floral Park, says the five other “Everything we do is organic in practice,” Kay said, sheep living alongside Rom are Cotswold sheep, of a heritage breed adding that in addition to keeping crowd-pleasing creatures, also inoriginating in southern England’s midlands. Their coats are bulky, with cluding goats, hens, steers and alpacas, they plant greens year-round. great patches sporting luxurious ringlets. Most have a dramatic burst Continued onpage page39 continued on

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MUSIC

Columbia University Visual Arts MFA student thesis exhibition, presenting more than 25 artists.

Thurs.-Mon., noon-5 p.m., thru May 18. Fisher Landau Center for Art, 38-27 30 St., Long Island City.

Free. Info: (718) 937-0727, flcart.org.

“A Tribute to Spring,” by the Community Singers of Queens. Sat., May 2, 8 p.m. Church on the Hill, 167-07 35 Ave., Flushing. $10. Info: (718) 658-1021.

Free First Fridays at Noguchi, for spring and summer months. Starting Fri., May 1, 5-8 p.m. The Noguchi Museum, 9-01 33 Road, Long Island City. Info: (718) 204-7088, noguchi.org.

Magali Reus, Michael E. Smith and Erika Verzutti, three solo shows. Opening Sun., May 3, 5-8 p.m., , thru Aug. 30. SculptureCenter, 44-19 Purves St., Long Island City. Free. Info: (718) 361-1750, sculpture-center.org.

“After Midnight: Indian Modernism to Contemporary India, 1947/1997,” chronicling the emergence of modern art in India. Queens Museum, New York City Building, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Suggested donation of $8 adults and children over 12, $4 seniors, students. Info: (718) 592-9700, queensmuseum.org.

THEATRE

“8 Days of Non-Stop Hip Hop,” programs to highlight and preserve Queens’ musical legacy.

Health, Healing and Hip Hop: Mon., May 4, 4-8 p.m., Central Library, 89-11 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica; Rep Your Style: Tues., May 5, 3 p.m., Cambria Heights Library, 218-13 Linden Blvd.; A Focus on Hip Hop: Thurs., May 7, 5 p.m., Long Island City Library, 37-44 21 St.; Battle of the Mics: Fri., May 8, 4 p.m., Queensboro Hill Library, 60-05 Main St., Flushing; International Family Day: Sat., May 9, 1-5 p.m., Langston Hughes Library, 100-01 Northern Blvd. Info: queenslibrary.org.

“A Decision to be Victorious,” a showcase of social themes though the arts, by the Performing Arts Institute at Humanities and the Arts High School. Thurs., April 30, 6:45 p.m., 207-01 116 Ave., Cambria Heights. $5 in advance, $7 at door.

Info: (718) 978-2135.

Operatic classics, a Masterworks Concert: Queens Symphony Orchestra presents selections from operas of the 19th and 20th centuries. Thurs., May 7, 7 p.m. Electrical Industry Center Auditorium, 158-11 Harry Van Arsdale Jr. Ave., Pomonok. Free.

Info: (718) 570-0909, queenssymphony.org.

“Figures of 8,” a student choreography showcase by the Queens College Department of Drama, Theater & Dance, including solo and group works.

Wed., May 6-Sat, May 9, 7 p.m.; Sun., May 10., 3 p.m. 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Pomonok. Rathaus Hall, Performance Space M11. $7. Info: (718) 793-8080, kupferbergcenter.org.

Queens Secret Improv Club, Queens’ only allimprov comedy theater, Indie teams: Wed. & Thurs.

7, 8 & 9 p.m., $5. House teams: Fri., 7:30, 8:30 & 9:30 p.m., $7 for entire night. Secret Theatre, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City. Info: secrettheatre.com.

Glendale and Middle Village Kiwanis Club’s spring street festival: Sun., May 3, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.

Metropolitan Avenue from 79th Street to 73rd Place.

Info: (718) 444-6028.

Free mammograms and breast exams: Mobile Care Clinic outside of the office of Assemblyman Mike Miller, 83-91 Woodhaven Blvd., Woodhaven.

Sun., May 3, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. No app’t needed. Info: (877) 628-9090.

Sholem Aleichem concert, a celebration of Yiddish song with the group The Klezmatics. Mon., May 4, 1:30 p.m. The Central Queens Y, 67-09 108 St., Forest Hills. Free. (718) 268-5011, ext. 151, cqy.org.

Count Basie: The Art of the Riff, a jazz clinic with a focus on creating call-and-response techniques. Wed., May 6, 6 p.m. Queens Jazz OverGround at Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. Free. Info: queensjazz.org.

“Macbeth,” by the Wombat Theatre Company.

Thru May 10. Thurs., April 30-Sun., May 3, 8 p.m.; Thurs. May 7-Sat., May 9, 8 p.m.; Sun., May 10, 3 p.m. The Secret Theatre, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City. $15, $20 at door. Info: wombattheatre.org.

Spring sheep shearing, Sun., May 3, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Queens County Farm Museum, 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy., Floral Park. $5. Contact: (718) 3473276, queensfarm.org.

Queens Music Fest II, hosted by the Queens Symphony Band, featuring orchestral, Latin and jazz performances. Sat., May 2, 7 p.m. QPAC at Queensborough Community College, 222-05 56 Ave., Bayside. $10, seniors/students $8.

“The Wizard of Oz,” by Christ the King High School’s Musical Theatre Group. Fri., May 1-Sat., May 2, 8 p.m.; Sun., May 3, 2 p.m., 68-02 Metropolitan Ave., Middle Village. Info: ctkny.org.

“The Wizard of Oz,” by the Andrean Players and directed by Andrew Koslosky. Opens Fri., May 1, 8 p.m. thru May 10, times vary. 35-60 158 St., Murray Hill. $18, $15 seniors and children. Info: (347) 287-7633, andreanplayers.com.

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Gospel music, Sat., May 9, 3 p.m., Magill Auditorium, First Presbyterian Church, 89-60 164 St., Jamaica. Info: (718) 526-4775.

Cillian Vallely, a uilleann pipes and low whistle player with the Irish band Lunasa. Sat., May 9, 8:30 p.m. New York Irish Center, 10-40 Jackson Ave., Long Island City. $22; $18 at door. Info: (718) 482-0909, newyorkirishcenter.org.

LECTURES “Dying for Beauty: American Women’s Quest for Acceptance,” spotlighting fashion trends in the 18th-20th centuries. Sat., May 2, 3 p.m., King Manor Museum, 150-03 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica. Free. Info: (718) 206-0545, ext. 13, kingmanor.org.

SPECIAL EVENTS “It’s My Park Day,” a spring celebration by the Briarwood Action Network with storytelling, crafts and park cleanup. Sat., May 2, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Hoover

KIDS/TEENS The Queens Music Fest II, a musical celebration uniting several area groups, will take place Sat., May 2 at the Queens Performing Arts Center in PHOTO COURTESY QUEENS SYMPHONIC BAND Bayside.

Park Seating Area, Manton Street between 83rd Avenue and Main Street, Briarwood. Free. Info: briarwoodactionnetwork.com.

Walk 4 Paws fundraiser and adoption event, an annual walk-a-thin sponsored by Bobbi & the Strays and NYC Parks and Recreation’s Pets and Pals Party.

Sun., May 3, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Registration 10 a.m. Alley Pond Park’s parking lot, 76th Avenue and Springfield Boulevard, Oakland Gardens. Info: (718) 326-6070, walk4paws2015.myevent.com.

Dinner & Wine event, sponsored by Kiwanis Club of Glendale. Fri., May 15, 7 p.m., Gino’s Trattoria & Restaurant, 1113 Jericho Tpke, New Hyde Park. $70. Info: Joe Vessio (718) 497-2323, jvessio@aol.com, Lou Di Rico, (516) 521-5368, operaman11@aol.com.

COMMUNITY

Talk by physician Jennifer Wider: at the Central Queens YM & YWHA in Forest Hills about body development, emotional changes, bullying, social media and substance abuse. Thurs., April 30, 7 p.m., 67-09 108 St. Free. Info: (718) 268-5011, cqy.org.

Free SAT prep course, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4-6 p.m., until the SAT test on Sat., June 6. Materials included. 25 slots available. 162-24 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica. Info: (718) 657-5137.

Free art classes: Latin American Cultural Center of Queens at ARROW Community Center, ages 8-16, 35-30 35 St., Astoria, every Tues. & Thurs., 4:30-6 p.m. and Sat., 10-11:30 a.m. Info: (718) 261-7664, laccq@aol.com.

Play4Autism Martial Arts program by New Beginning Tae Kwon Doe, 64-64 Dry Harbor Road, Middle Village. Program every Sat., 12-1 p.m. $25 per session. Info: (718) 894-7777, play4autism.org.

Friday Night Teen program sponsored by the Variety Boys and Girls Club of Queens. Every Fri., 6-7 p.m. for middle school students and 7-9 p.m. for high school students, Maurice A. Fitzgerald P.S. 199, 39-20 48 Ave., Sunnyside. $10 registration req’d. Info: (718) 728-0946, vbgcq.org.

Health and resources fair, sponsored by the Ralph Bunche School/PS 132, NYS State Sen. Leroy Comrie, Assemblyman William Scarborough, NYC Council member Daneek Miller, Emblemhealth Neighborhood Care, Walgreens, and MVP Pediatrics. Sat., May 2, 9 a.m.- 4:30 p.m., IS 59, 132-55 Ridegdale St., Springfield Gardens. Info: (718) 7126008, SLeverett@schools.nyc.gov.

Defensive driving course, for insurance and point reduction. Sat., May 9, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m., American Martyrs Church of Bayside, 79-43 Bell Blvd. $45.

Info: (631) 360-9720.

Sheep shearing, including felt bead and bracelet crafting and wool demonstrations. Sat., May 2-Sun. May 3, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Queens Zoo, 53-51 111 St., Corona. Free with admission. Info: queenszoo.org.

Watercolor classes, National Art League, 44-21 Douglaston Pkwy., Douglaston, Wed., 9:30 a.m.12:30 p.m. All techniques, beginner to advanced.

Call: (718) 969-1128.

Flushing Cemetery walking tour, highlighting features of the park-like burial grounds. Sat., May 2, 2 p.m., 163-06 46 Ave. Meet inside the main gate at 1:45 p.m. Free. Info: Voelker Orth Museum, (718) 359-6227, vomuseum.org.

Free English classes for Spanish speakers, every Sat., South Asian Center, 72-26 Roosevelt Ave., Jackson Heights. All levels available.

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In blending cultures, a fresh take on flamenco

by Cristina Schreil

flamenco in an intimate bar space, usually over tapas and through a glass of red It all began in darkness. wine. But the southern Spanish dance, Once the lights had dimmed on a stage infused with the entire breadth of human filled only with empty rows of chairs, a emotion and relying on the art form’s disman holding a guitar walked to the center tinct rhythm and melody, is the focus at a seat. After a pause, new production at he began his melody.

Thalia Hispanic TheT Then, like ghosts aatre in Sunnyside. from times past, At first it’s peculiar other figures, dressed tto see so many flaWhen: Thru May 10; in long white and menco dancers coorm Fri.-Sat., 8 p.m., black dresses, began dinated. But then d Sun. 4 p.m. to move around the hearing 12 feet and h Where: Thalia Hispanic Theatre, now cave-like stage 12 p a l m s s m a c k 1 41-17 Greenpoint Ave., and to their seats. ttogether in rhythm is Sunnyside Soon, with stage a satisfying experilights flipping on and eence, as is witnessing Tickets: $40, $37 students, seniors; an abrupt crescendo tthe energy of dance thaliatheatre.org from the guitar, the numbers wa x and n figures sprung to life wa n e, s o m e t i m e s w in dance, clapping, embracing more slapping their thighs, stomping their feet energized moments but also leaning in on and writhing in perfect unison. tumultuous ruminat ions on love or Amplifying the drama, singer Curro solitude.

Cueto wafted onstage and began to wail a Another distinct attribute of the show is seductive Spanish melody. its grounding in diversity. The title, “amalMany New Yorkers are used to seeing gama,” meaning “a mixture of cultures,” is qboro editor

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“Flamenco amalgama,” featuring dancers of different ethnic backgrounds, will run at PHOTO COURTESY THALIA SPANISH THEATRE Sunnyside’s Thalia Hispanic Theatre until May 10. immediately clear in the cast’s presentation of a multiethnic cast of dancers.

Angel Gil Orrios, the theater’s director, writer and producer, said the show gathers people of different cultures.

“An Afr ic an Amer ic an, an Indian,

Chinese, a Russian,” he said of some of the cast. “Sometimes the flamenco is very individualistic but there are two samples in this production when you have the solo or the girl dancer, that is a lighter thing, continued on page 00 continued 41

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Cultures comingle in Flushing musical mashup

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Over playful piano patter and a simpering banjo strum comes the clarion call of — bagpipes? Yes, that was the scene at a “Scotland Meets New Orleans” concert at Flushing Town Hall last Friday.

The second in a five-part series called global mashups, which showcase two musical groups from seemingly disparate cultural backgrounds, the concert followed the series’ plan of presenting each group’s music before blending the two together.

“The jam sessions are unrehearsed, so what you’re hearing are the two groups discovering each other,” said Flushing Town Hall’s Deputy Director Sami Abu Shumays.

The bagpipes came courtesy of MacTalla Mor, a Celtic roots band, which fused traditional Gaelic sounds with modern rock. Their performance included a fingerpicking of “Danny Boy,” a funky electro-Celtic arrangement and a bagpipe solo that turned the ears of its performer, Levon Ofgang, as bright red as the tartan pattern of his kilt.

An ensemble led by Ayodele Maakheru called Ayo Maak’s Jazz Pack supplied the New Orleans jazz set. Variations on Scott

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The seemingly contrasting Celtic band MacTalla Mor and the New Orleans-inspired Ayo PHOTO BY NEIL CHIRAGDIN Maak’s Jazz Pack perform together at Flushing Town Hall.

Joplin’s “Maple Leaf Rag” and a delightful rendition of “Ain’t Misbehavin’” sung by April Armstrong were typical of the soothing performance.

The two groups approached their third set with different musicians taking turns at developing a basic rhythm and then settling into a jam that would not be out of place at a summer festival.

As Maakheru noted after the combined third set, the song that the two groups made derived from a basic beat that “shows up in folk music all over the world — in African, Celtic, Turkish and Japanese music.”

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and was intended to bring in a wider audience that might have otherwise stuck to their cultural communities.

“The series is central to our mission in creating a cross-cultural dialogue through the arts,” Shumays said.

Prior to each evening’s performance, a dance lesson is given in the steps of that night’s showcased cultures. For “Scotland meets New Orleans,” a group ranging from toddlers to teenagers on dates to sprightly septuagenarians tried their hand at the jig before moving on to a Big Easystyle jazz waltz.

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Queens farm blossoms for spring shearing festival continued from page page 00 35 continued from also include tours and colonial cooking “It’s a delayed spring but it’s all the demonstrations at the farm’s historic more sweeter I think. We’ve earned it,” Adriance farmhouse. She added interKay said. est in farm living has increased.

She stresses the farm is not a petting “Especially urban agriculture all zoo; it’s a working farm that provides over the place is trending,” Meyer educational opportunities to nearby resi- said. “It’s definitely a little treasure, dents. And, all animals have a purpose this piece of land ... I think that peoand are rotated ple want to conregularly to clear nec t with that various areas of side of agriculfoliage. This also ture. And people When: Sun., May 3, a pp lies to t he a r e f a s c i nat e d 11 a.m.-4 p.m. farm’s six goats with animals.”

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She said tulips Farm Museum, “No animal are just starting to 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy., should live in one pop and the polliFloral Park area for an nator garden is Entry: $5; queensfarm.org extended period just star ting to (718) 347-3276 of time,” Kay said. bloom. The greenIn the adjacent houses are full of pen, some of the seedlings. farm’s 225 laying hens, which seem to Queens County Market will also be peer at passersby as if they are walking there selling food. corn dispensaries, nibble at harvested For those who can’t attend the greens. spring event, the farm is open every Sarah Meyer, who handles sales at day and it’s free to roam, sheeplike, the museum, said Sunday’s festival will around the grounds.

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called bamberas, and then the man dancing soléa bulerías, that is more the night.”

Segrias are more intimate, harkening back to the form’s origin in the caves of Andalucia and then to bulería, which comes from the word for “making fun of” something.

With so much going on at once — there are moments when one or two dancers snag the spotlight, but others in which pairs or triplets are hyper-coordinated — it seems like it would be visually overstimulating.

But the choreography, by Omayra Amaya, is fluid and effectively signals audience members where to look. Stage entrances and exits are also well-done and feel natural, as if the dancers pass the audience’s attention between them.

Again, drawing from that ebb and flow of emotional intensity, some moments present only a percussionist and one woman dancing with only her hands, while others supercharge the fire of the artform with multiple dancers.

One segment featuring Yloy Ybarra, the artistic director of Danza España, which has been at the theater for 27 of Thalia’s 37 years, occupying the stage for a dizzying solo round. Unsurprisingly, Ybarra is electric.

While every dancer’s movements appear

natural and conceived on the spot, each moment is choreographed. Orrios said dancers don’t want to lose the momentum and need to keep up with the musicians.

There is a tiny amount of room for improvisation in solos.

If you’re someone who thinks you’ve seen all of flamenco by watching a handful of shows, this presentation is a must. It shows a wide range of techniques, styles and narratives that emerge throughout the Q hour-and-a-half set.

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NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 4/16/2015, bearing Index Number NC-000095-15/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) YANG KUM (Last) AN. My present name is (First) YANG KUM (Last) JOHNSON AKA AN YANG KUM. My present address is 144-27 35TH AVE., APT. 1P, Flushing, NY 11354.

My place of birth is SOUTH KOREA. My date of birth is July 15, 1955.

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Office located Queens County.

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SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Thomas P. McNamara, McNamara & Carver, PA, 2907 Bay to Bay Blvd., Suite 201, Tampa, FL 33629. Address to be maintained in DE: National Registered Agents, Inc., 160 Greentree Dr., #101, Dover, DE 19904. Arts of Org. filed with the DE Secy. of State, Division of Corporations, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901.

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NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 01/20/2015, bearing Index Number NC-001160-14/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) LILLIAN (Last) AYFANTIS-ROMERO. My present name is (First) LILIAN (Last) AIFANTIS, AKA LILLIAN AYFANTIS, AKA LILLIAN ROMERO, AKA LILLIAN AYFANTISROMERO. My present address is 43-22 196th Street, Flushing, New York. My place of birth is FLUSHING, NEW YORK. My date of birth is August 18, 1983.

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CB 13 monitoring a lawsuit against a similar facility slated for S. Ozone Park

by Michael Gannon Editor

The city Administration for Children’s Services is paying close attention to a lawsuit filed last week to stop the construction of a juvenile delinquent center in South Ozone Park.

So are members of Community Board 13, who said on Monday that ACS is planning a similar facility at 207-01 Jamaica Ave. in Queens Village.

“It’s in the old Merrick Academy building,” said Richard Hellenbrecht, co-chairman of CB 13’s Land Use Committee. It also sits in a residential neighborhood, separated from its closest neighbors by a metal fence.

The residences are being created as part of Gov. Cuomo’s “Close to Home” initiative, in which youthful offenders are placed in facilities near their homes, families and support services.

It typically would house up to 18 people, all of whom are adolescents who were arrested before they turned 16 for committing acts that would have been criminal had they been 18 years old.

All involved have had their cases adjudicated in family court rather than the criminal division.

In a statement sent to the Chronicle, an ACS spokesman called the proposed site a

The city’s Administration for Children’s Services wants to place a group residence for youthful offenders in the former Merrick Academy building at 207th Street and Jamaica Avenue. The PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON property sits at the southern end of a long residential street. “limited secure placement facility.”

“While plans for this proposed facility are still being formulated, ACS’ goal for this, as well as all other limited secure placement facilities is to provide a safe, stable and closeknit residential environment for young people to receive residential rehabilitation services

while in our care, whole also ensuring the safety of residents and the surrounding community,” the statement said.

ACS is proposing to contract with Children’s Village to operate the facility. It would be staffed around the clock and have security features such as cameras and

closed-circuit television monitoring.

It also would have locked windows and doors as well as a secure driveway for vehicles used to transport the charges.

A centralized control room would be manned around the clock by personnel who do not have duties caring for the children.

The email from ACS did not address questions as to whether the facility would house clients accused of violent crimes or sex offenaes, or if some might have substance abuse problems or psychiatric or mental health issues.

The South Ozone Park West Civic Association and three residents last week filed suit to stop a facility on 127th Street, with Councilman Ruben Wills (D-Jamaica) leading the charge at the courthouse.

Hellenbrecht made a point of telling the board on Monday that the lawsuit has been filed.

A spokesman for Borough President Melinda Katz said Wednesday that Katz is aware of the Queens Village plan but is referring questions to ACS for the moment.

She did come out in opposition to the South Ozone Park facility last week.

“That’s encouraging,” Hellenbrecht said.

He added that the Land Use Committee is hoping to have a meeting on the matter on Q May 11.

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The end comes in October 1965 after two-year run in Flushing Meadows

by Liz Rhoades

At midnight, “Auld Lang Syne” was played over the loudspeaker ct. 17, 1965 was a busy day system at Flushing Meadows as at the World’s Fair in guests left the grounds. Although Flushing Meadows, with most were saddened by its closing, people rushing in to get one last Moses was more philosophical, look and perhaps one last souvenir saying it was more a beginning from the fair that was closing for than an ending: “I have seen Flushing Meadows rise from ash good after its two-year run.

The surge of visitors had been dump to glory,” he said, “and after rising over that Columbus Day this second fair we shall inauguweekend when people realized it rate what I am sure will eventually was their last chance to visit the be the city’s finest park.

“We have fostered enduring fair, which ran for six months each friendships and memories which of the two years.

Robert Moses, creator and presi- will persist and draw the people of dent of the fair, had hoped to make a troubled world closer together,” a profit so that upgrades could be he added.

T he nex t mor n i ng, new made to the parkland after it was chain-link fences covered returned to the city. He the seven entrances to had failed to do that for the fair and trucks the 1939-40 fair and lined up to begin was deter m i ned carting away and this time to demolishing the succeed. buildings. One D e s p it e h i s daily at the time best effor ts, reported an attendance never 8-year-old leopreached the 70 ard got loose for million goal, even 45 minutes during a t houg h t he f i n al t ransfer to another weekend brought in c a ge a t t h e A f r ic a n more than 1 million visiPavilion. tors. When it was all over, the Preparations began immediately count stood at 51 million.

During the final hours of the to return Michelangelo’s Pieta to fair, people waited on long lines to Rome. The priceless marble statue see the most popular venues: Gen- had been a major attraction at the eral Motors’ Futurama, the Obser- Vatican Pavilion and it was the first vation Towers of the New York time the treasure had left Italy.

The Pieta was placed in its speState Pavilion, Ford’s Magic Skycially made container and shipped way and the Vatican Pavilion.

As the hours ticked by, some across the ocean aboard the Italian visitors, frantic for a souvenir, tore liner Cristoforo Colombo in early signs off buildings and pulled up November.

Those with pavilions and space plantings to take home. at the fair were given 90 days to tear down their sites, but that quickly went by the wayside after several defaulted on their promise to demolish and walked away. This left the World’s Fair Corp. with an additional $500,000 cost to remove 35 pavilions.

Meanwhile, the corporation had an agreement with the city to return the park land fou r months af ter the fai r closed.

Because of the added work to remove some of the pavilions, the corpor a t i o n r e c e i ve d t wo extensions with the city and did not return the This souvenir ashtray shows the U.S. Pavilion. grounds until June 1967.

It’s still unclear if the It was supposed to remain after the fair closed U n d e r g r o u n d Wo r l d but fell into disrepair and was torn down.

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Demolition of the Belgian Village is underway following the closing of the World’s Fair in October 1965. Next to the PHOTO COURTESY QUEENS HISTORICAL SOCIETY crane is the Vatican Pavilion, which housed the Pieta. ing the cleanup. The structure was built in a concrete shell with the top 2 1/2 feet underground. The owner of the pavilion did not do that well by charging admission and it’s not known for sure if he cut costs by just tearing down the surface structure, removing the furniture and then burying the house.

There are efforts underway now to determine if anything remains underground.

A day before the fair closed, the Westinghouse time capsule was buried 50 feet below ground, filled with everyday items such as a bikini, a Beatles record and seeds, and it is not to be dug up for 5,000 years.

During the 1964-65 fair, the capsule had been suspended over a wading pool at the Westinghouse Pavilion, where visitors could sign a book and have their names placed in the capsule.

It is buried next to the time capsule from the 1939 fair and there is a marker located there now, near the New York State Pavilion.

As demolition continued at the fairgrounds the first year, Jane Brody reported in The New York Times about an unexpected incident on Nov. 5. When workmen were tearing down the Moroccan Pavilion, she wrote, they came upon an unmarked crate.

The lid seemed to move slightly, and when the crate was opened, an

Egyptian cobra popped up.

“T he st a r tled work men slammed down the lid, called the police, who called the ASPCA, who called the city Health Department,” Brody wrote.

Six cobras were found and four survived, with new homes at the Bronx Zoo. Several public auctions were held and Brody wrote that at the Indonesian Pavilion, 126 whisky sour glasses went for 18 cents apiece.

Pin ker ton g uards kept a 24-hour watch over the 646-acre fairgrounds and only authorized persons could enter and leave with merchandise in tow, Brody noted.

Not unexpectedly, rats became an issue at the grounds. Debris and scraps of food attracted the pests.

World’s Fair Corp. officials instituted a rodent-control program and urged pavilion owners to spread poisons and clean up their areas.

Plans called to retain the Hall of Science, the Unisphere, the Port Authority Heliport, the New York State Pavilion, the Singer Bowl and the U.S. Pavilion.

The Heliport became the catering hall Terrace on the Park. The Singer Bowl became the Louis Armstrong Stadium, part of the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.

One of the greatest failures of the city was its inability to find a use for the majestic 330-feet-long U.S. Pavilion. It featured a facade

of multi-colored glass.

Once Flushing Meadows was reopened to the public, only a small fence kept out trespassers from the former pavilion. It quickly became a vandals’ paradise with anything of value stripped from the building.

By 1977 there wasn’t much substance left inside and the building was demolished. The site later became the home of the USTA’s Arthur Ashe Stadium.

Although Moses was disappointed that his fair lost money, he nonetheless was hopeful of Flushing Meadows’ future. In a speech to city officials he told them: “Guard it well, Mr. Mayor and Mr. Parks Commissioner ... The world has beaten a path to its doors. Now we return it to the natives.”

Today, the park is tremendously popular for soccer, tennis, cricket. skateboarding and other sports. It has two actively used museums: the NY Hall of Science and the Queens Museum; and a theater venue, the Queens Theatre.

Professional sports are represented by the Mets at Citi Field and the US Open at the National Tennis Center.

And the Unisphere, the symbol of the fair, is a major gathering spot for family picnics, boroughwide festivals and events throughout the year. It looks like at least part of what Moses envisioned for Q the park came to be.

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The Thomas H. Roulston grocery in Long Island City

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The Thomas H. Roulston grocery store chain was once one of the largest in the five boroughs. Started by an Irish immigrant around 1888, it grew to 300 stores.

Roulston’s headquarters were located on Ninth Street in Brooklyn. Upon the founder’s death in 1951, the family chose to liquidate the business.

One Roulston’s store was located at the cor- The corner of 23rd Street (then called Ely Avenue) and 45th ner of 23rd Street, then Road in Long Island City, Nov. 9, 1925.

Ely Avenue, and 45th The former Roulston’s grocery now is a Road in Long Island City. According to old tax and Census records, this mixed residen- convenience store, while next door at 45-16 tial and commercial block was inhabited by 23 St. is Tost Cafe, popular for online poor Serbian and Armenian families in the ordering. Miraculously, the castle-like 1920s. Today nobody poor lives in this architecture of the former Roulston’s has Q remained unchanged to this day. now-upscale area.

Harvey and Jeter

by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

In an interview with ESPN the Magazine during his 2013 rookie season, Matt Harvey said he wanted to have a career just like Derek Jeter’s. Harvey was impressed with the way the Yankees captain handled himself on and off the field, particularly with the attractive women that he has been linked with over the years.

This past September Harvey infuriated a lot of Mets fans, and probably a lot of Mets executives as well, when he attended Derek Jeter’s final game at Yankee Stadium. Harvey’s appearance in the Bronx that night may have been more for business reasons than hero worship. The irony is that Yankees fans may have more reason to be irate with their beloved captain than Mets fans had with Harvey.

Jeter’s most visible project since retiring has been the launch of The Players Tribune, a website that allows players to communicate their thoughts directly to their fan base without having to deal with traditional media.

Just before the start of the latest Subway Series I received an email from a powerful public relations firm informing me that Harvey had written (probably with the help of a ghost writer) an article on pitching for theplayerstribune. com. The PR firm, not the one that the Yankees use, incidentally, identified Harvey as the Players Tribune’s New York City bureau chief.

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